660 MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. Phyllmithus. 



Kirganeli. Rheed. Mai. x. t. 15. 



Urinaria Indica. Biirm. Zeyl. t. 93. 



Hind, and Beng. Sada-hazur munee. 



Teliny. Nella userekee. 



A common weed in gardens, and on dry cultivated lands, 

 or such as have been lately cultivated. 



Root annual. Stem erect, from one to two feet high, 

 round, smooth. Branches numerous, in large plants the 

 lower spreading to a considerable extent. Leaves scattered, 

 spreading, pinnate, from one to three inches long, flower- 

 bearing. Leaflets alternate, bifarious, nearly sessile, oval, 

 smooth ; about half an inch long, and one-fourth broad. Sti- 

 pules of the petioles three-fold, forming a three-toothed cup 

 round their insertion, each tapering to a fine point; those of the 

 leaflets similar, but one on each side. Flowers leaflet-axil- 

 lary, generally one or two male, and one female, short- pe- 

 duncled, after flowering time the male drops, and the female 

 droops. Male calyx six-leaved. Coral none. JVectary small, 

 saucer-formed, six-toothed. Stamens, one short, columnar 

 filament. Anthers three pair. Female calyx and nectary 

 as in the male. Capsules smooth, umbilicated, opening' with 

 an elastic jerk, three-celled, six-valved ; cells two-seeded. 



The root tastes bitter, and astringent. The Rev. Dr. John 

 informs me, that he has known the fresh root prove an ex- 

 cellent remedy for the Jaundice. About half an ounce, while 

 fresh, was given, rubbed up in a cup of milk, night and 

 morning, the cure was completed in a few days without any 

 sensible operation of the medicine. 



9. P. urinaria. Willd. iv. 583. 



Annual, erect. Leaflets linear-oblong. Flowers sessile in 

 the exterior axills ;ye/«aZe solitary in the inferior. Capsules 

 scabrous. 



Tsjeru Kirganeli. Rheed. Mai. x. t, 16. 



Beng. and Hind. Hazar munee. 



Teling. Yerra userekee. 



